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Real Estate Marketing Secrets From The Pros

For many real estate professionals and brands, 2015 will be the year they embrace content and inbound marketing. It's still difficult for many in real estate to perceive the value in creating utility for consumers without turning that utility into an advertisement. But the rest of the marketing world has already begun to jump on the content marketing bandwagon. Some would say real estate as an industry hasn't really moved far afield from the yard sign and "I'm a #1 agent" photos that still grace so many agent and broker websites. We have a long way to go to match the expectations of the consumer. But whoever said you can't teach an old dog new tricks was not living in the Google era.

Read through the speakers’ tips and I guarantee that you will find a gem that will help you grow your business in 2015. There's a click to tweet on each slide, or you can download the slides directly from slideshare.net/placester.

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Real Estate Marketing Secrets From The Pros

Tweet this SECRET TIP: When
you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to ﬁll them with great delight. GUY KAWASAKI Chief Evangelist Canva @GuyKawasaki

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Own
and inspire your local community offline and on. Inform, tickle, connect, and spark prospects and clients with well designed multimedia content strategies — video, email, social media — all centered around ﬁnding a home and lifestyle that’s perfect for your clients. The ﬁnishing touch: brilliant customer service. LAURA MONROE Director of Industry Engagement and Social Media Inman News @LauraMonroe

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Using
analytics to make data driven decisions is the new competitive edge, real results come from insight, without it you’re driving blind. FREDERICK TOWNES Co-Founder Placester @w3edge

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Storytelling
and a comprehensive content strategy are vital. I am seeing more brokerages starting to understand the value of telling their story and creating valuable con- tent - not just blasting out marketing messages on social media, but truly telling the story of their culture and their passion for the business. KATIE LANCE Founder and CEO Katie Lance Consulting @katielance

SECRET TIP: Use visuals effectively.
The human brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text, and millennial buyers highly resonate with photo-driven experiences. In the age of infobesity, using high-quality, contemporary and interesting visuals as part of your content strategy will help your business stand out from the digital noise and your competition. EKATERINA WALTER Social Media Trailblazer and Bestselling Author www.ekaterinawalter.com @Ekaterina Tweet this

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Don’t
always go for the ask. Remem- ber that rapport is built based on giving more often than you receive. It’s not all about you. ALEXANDRA GIBSON VP of Marketing Contactually @gibsondm

Tweet this SECRET TIP: There
is an unquestionable differ- ence between branding and marketing. As a business owner, you will need the ability to make the distinction. Ultimately, your brand is how the consumer feels about you, not what you say about yourself. JODA MIZE Founder Girl’s Guide to Real Estate @JodaMize

SECRET TIP: In the increasingly
bland-looking marketing landscape being offered by most real estate agents, I’d suggest you quickly identify your own ‘magniﬁcent point of differ- ence’ and play that banjo hard! Bland and bor- ing is dead. Stand out! PETER BREWER Owner That Peter Brewer @thatpeterbrewer Tweet this

SECRET TIP: Publishing high-quality content
is the new equivalent of driving a Mercedes. You may not be selling million-dollar homes (yet!), but your marketing should look like you do. ANNE JONES Realtor Windermere Professional Partners @tacomajones Tweet this

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Your
personal brand story and your niche statement are both key in designing a life and business you love. You must define your values, what fires you up, and your true purpose. Only then can you uncover ideal clients who identify with your values, share your passions, have a need your purpose fills, and will delight in the experience you create! DEBRA TRAPPEN CEO and Owner d11 consulting, LLC @debra11

Tweet this STEPHEN SCHWEICKART Founder
and CEO VScreen @VScreen SECRET TIP: It isn’t about you. The harsh reality is that most people don’t care about your dog Fido or how many kids you have. They care about themselves and what you can do for them.

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Before
you spend one penny on marketing in 2015, take the time to understand your unique value proposition and target audience(s), then create some personas and identify your goals. Only then are you really prepared to know how to spend your time, energy and money. RIVERS PEARCE Director of Digital Strategy BoomTown @RiversPearce

Tweet this CAROL FARRAR Owner
and Broker 1850 Realty @carolfarrar SECRET TIP: Build community. The people who know, like and trust you are your advocates. Spend time building and strengthening those relationships authentically through informal gatherings, events or meetups at local busi- nesses.

SECRET TIP: Online marketing isn’t
rocket sci- ence, half the battle is showing up every day to be authentic and do the work other people just talk about. SETH PRICE VP of Sales and Marketing Placester @sethstuff Tweet this

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Over
55% of real estate professionals are not working with online reviews, and 85% of consumers are there. Much like what hap- pened with websites - and is now happening with mobile - the agent reviews trend will fully tip over in the next 18 months. Get your house in order and start getting positive reviews! JACK MILLER CEO T3 Experts @jackmiller

KIM COLAPRETE Broker Team Diva
Real Estate @SeattleDivas SECRET TIP: Success in real estate marketing is all about being unique and consistent and fully implementing your vision. Many brilliant ideas are left in spiral notebooks, Evernote brain- storms or Facebook group chats. Commit to your brand, vision and plan. The real magic happens when you know your niche and take that brilliant idea from the notebook to the streets! Tweet this

Tweet this ZACH SCHABOT Founder
Go Realty @zachschabot SECRET TIP: Tell great stories! There is something special about every house and every client. It’s your job to ﬁgure that something special out and share it.

Tweet this SAM DEBORD Managing
Broker The Seattle Homes Group @SEATTLEHOMEoCOM SECRET TIP: As a small business, nimbleness is your advantage. Be unique, express local ﬂavor and create what the goliaths can’t. Achieve an emotional connection through your personality.

Tweet this ARA MAMOURIAN Broker
of Record Spring Realty @AraMammo SECRET TIP: If you aren’t expressing your opin- ions strongly in your content, you’re losing opportunities to create relationships. After all, it’s the content that sparks a conversation which leads to relationships - and if nurtured properly, those relationships drive transactions.

SECRET TIP: Approach real estate
marketing with a very simple philosophy: Remember that you are not in the transaction business - you are in the relationship business. Begin on day one to build customers for life. Every deal you do should lead to a stream of additional deals, and that only happens when you build relation- ships. Seek out the tools that will allow you to create and nurture relationships for the long term. BEVERLY THORNE CMO Century 21 @BevThorne Tweet this

Tweet this SECRET TIP: If
you have more usernames and passwords than you do leads, you’re doing it wrong. Figure out what works for lead genera- tion and do that more. CHRIS SMITH Co-Founder Curaytor @CuraytorDotCom

BEN KINNEY Operating Principal Keller
Williams Realty @benkinney SECRET TIP: How a home shows is the most important form of marketing. Not just staging, but also how it shows online. Use new technol- ogy like drones to get aerial photographs that will get buyers excited and get sellers to list with you. Tweet this

SECRET TIP: Remove your personal
interests and personal promotion from your marketing and focus on client needs. While being number one in your market gets you to the kitchen table, there’s no need to continue the self-promo- tion once you’re sitting at the table. From that point on, it’s about them. IMRAN POLADI Vice President NextHome, Inc. @imranpoladi Tweet this

Tweet this NICOLE NICOLAY Realtor,
Ironmom The Engel Group, JRockcliff Realtors @nik_nik SECRET TIP: Infuse your marketing with your pas- sion for real estate and life. Then, use that pas- sion to help others—whether it’s with their next real estate transaction or running their ﬁrst 5K. The payoff will motivate and inspire you to exceed your own expectations and goals. More importantly, it will create a lasting effect in the lives of the people you help, so when it’s time for them to make a move, they’ll remember more than just your name. They’ll remember, and want to work with, your passion.

SECRET TIP: Be consistent and
come from con- tribution. Be the agent that your clients know, like and trust. Be the answer to all of their problems. LISA ARCHER CEO Keller Williams-Live Love Charlotte @LisaArcher Tweet this

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Stop
focusing on technologies and marketing that you think are going to help you. It’s not about you. Rather, think about the tech- nologies that will help the people you serve. Dive deep into what they use, how they use it, when they use it and what they are really look- ing for as an end result. It is the consumer that will change your business. Find the technology, systems and marketing they want and how they want it and deliver that! JEFF LOBB Founder and CEO SparkTank Media @jefflobb

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Identify
your most enthusiastic cli- ents - those who have referred you a signif- icant amount of business - and ask each of them a question: “When you refer someone to me, what is it you tell them?” Within the answers, you will ﬁnd your value proposition. SARAH JONES Broker Bamboo Realty @sarahssjones

Tweet this SECRET TIP: We
now live in a data-driven world with an unprecedented opportunity to know our markets and our customers -- and it’s time to get busy. Deep analysis of that data is a crit- ical marketing advantage today, but will simply be table stakes tomorrow. PAUL TYMA Co-Founder Refresh @paultyma

SECRET TIP: Focus all of
your marketing efforts on a single point, niche, idea and demographic you are trying to market to, and pound away at it forever. Be speciﬁc and focused. It’s way too easy to waste marketing dollars. MARK CHOEY Co-Founder and Partner Climb Real Estate Group @mchoey Tweet this

Tweet this SECRET TIP: It’s
all about the story. Online lead generation is going to continue to reign supreme. JILLIENE HELMAN Founder and CEO Realty Mogul @JillieneHelman

Tweet this SECRET TIP: Embrace
technology, and learn how to leverage it in real estate. Understand the various technologies that can help you market yourself versus marketing a property! If you build your business correctly, you should not have to pay for leads. AMY SMYTHE HARRIS Co-Owner and Broker Urban Provision Realtors @amyoutloud

Tweet this SECRET TIP: The
real estate agent’s world just got bigger via ‘agent expansion.’ That will be the game-changer on many levels in 2015. Educate your audience on who you are: the local real estate expert who can help this one particular client’s home get sold. The bigger you are, the more important it is to have a consistent mes- sage. KRISTAN COLE Vice President of Mega Agent Expansion Keller Williams Realty @WasillaHomes

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